Leviticus 18:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר קָאָ֛ה אֶת־הַגּ֖וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wəlōʾ-tāqîʾ hāʾārets ʾetkem when bəṭammaʾăkem ʾōtāh as kaʾăšer qāʾāh ʾet-haggôy ʾăšer before you lipnêkem

Grammar Details

*wəlōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tāqîʾ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will vomit out
*hāʾārets*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*bəṭammaʾăkem*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - when you defile
*ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
*kaʾăšer*: preposition + relative particle - as/just as
*qāʾāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it vomited out
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*haggôy*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the nation
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/who
*lipnêkem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - before you

Word Meanings

*tāqîʾ*: will vomit out/will spew out/will eject
*bəṭammaʾăkem*: when you defile/when you make unclean/when you pollute
*qāʾāh*: it vomited out/it spewed out/it ejected
*haggôy*: the nation/the people/the gentile

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Referenced Verses

Lev 18:25 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Lev 20:22 : 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
Jer 9:19 : 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Ezek 36:13 : 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezek 36:17 : 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rev 3:16 : 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

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24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
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